Take That to the Bank (ep. 175)
Your Brain on Facts
English - December 14, 2021 11:30 - 36 minutes - ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsHistory Education factoid facts history trivia truestory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Strategic reserves -- everything from Canadian maple syrup to seeds -- are intended to stabilize prices or to help us survive, in both the short and long term. So what are we keeping and why? (and what happens if someone steals it?!)
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Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesliyan.
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Links to all the research resources are on the website.
Sources:
https://listverse.com/2015/12/14/10-of-the-strangest-items-governments-are-stockpiling/
http://theweek.com/articles/454970/logic-behind-worlds-4-weirdest-strategic-reserves
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/12/20/why-maple-syrup-is-controlled-by-a-quebec-cartel/?utm_term=.8628802d4fe2
http://mentalfloss.com/article/87144/15-strategic-reserves-unusual-products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_mountain
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-27/europeans-eat-into-butter-mountain-in-sign-high-prices-to-linger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBxXzdBR2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiZ75XbG7YA
https://verdict.justia.com/2015/07/15/raisins-regulations-and-politics-in-the-supreme-court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Raisin_Reserve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/one-growers-grapes-of-wrath/2013/07/07/ebebcfd8-e380-11e2-80eb-3145e2994a55_story.html?utm_term=.74d6dccd2110
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/market-information-by-sector/horticulture/horticulture-sector-reports/statistical-overview-of-the-canadian-maple-industry-2015/?id=1475692913659
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist
https://explorepartsunknown.com/quebec/canadas-maple-syrup-cartel-puts-the-squeeze-on-small-producers/
https://modernfarmer.com/2014/01/illustrated-account-great-maple-syrup-heist/
http://time.com/4760432/maple-syrup-heist-prison-fine/
http://www.ediblegeography.com/syrup-stockpiles-wine-lakes-butter-mountains-and-other-strategic-food-reserves/
http://www.ediblegeography.com/syrup-stockpiles-wine-lakes-butter-mountains-and-other-strategic-food-reserves/
https://www.ft.com/content/982ed0e4-8a1d-11e4-9b5f-00144feabdc0
https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/guest_blog/posts/confeusion-a-quick-summary-of-the-eu-wine-reforms
http://mentalfloss.com/article/87144/15-strategic-reserves-unusual-products
https://listverse.com/2015/12/14/10-of-the-strangest-items-governments-are-stockpiling/
http://www.nww2m.com/2015/06/scitech-tuesday-when-the-rubber-meets-the-road/
https://insideecology.com/2018/01/12/the-frozen-ark-project-biobanking-endangered-animal-samples-for-conservation-and-research/
https://www.researchitaly.it/en/news/the-ice-memory-project-is-underway/#null
https://www.arctictoday.com/ice-cores-best-link-ancient-climates-scientists-racing-preserve-still-can/
https://www.rbth.com/blogs/2014/05/12/the_men_who_starved_to_death_to_save_the_worlds_seeds_35135
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/08/the-scientists-who-starved-to-death.html
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Strategic reserves -- everything from Canadian maple syrup to seeds -- are intended to stabilize prices or to help us survive, in both the short and long term. So what are we keeping and why? (and what happens if someone steals it?!)
Like what you hear? Become a patron of the arts for as little as $2 a month! Or buy the book or some merch. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesliyan.
Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Links to all the research resources are on the website.
Sources:
https://listverse.com/2015/12/14/10-of-the-strangest-items-governments-are-stockpiling/
http://theweek.com/articles/454970/logic-behind-worlds-4-weirdest-strategic-reserves
http://mentalfloss.com/article/87144/15-strategic-reserves-unusual-products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBxXzdBR2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiZ75XbG7YA
https://verdict.justia.com/2015/07/15/raisins-regulations-and-politics-in-the-supreme-court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Raisin_Reserve
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist
https://modernfarmer.com/2014/01/illustrated-account-great-maple-syrup-heist/
http://time.com/4760432/maple-syrup-heist-prison-fine/
https://www.ft.com/content/982ed0e4-8a1d-11e4-9b5f-00144feabdc0
http://mentalfloss.com/article/87144/15-strategic-reserves-unusual-products
https://listverse.com/2015/12/14/10-of-the-strangest-items-governments-are-stockpiling/
http://www.nww2m.com/2015/06/scitech-tuesday-when-the-rubber-meets-the-road/
https://www.researchitaly.it/en/news/the-ice-memory-project-is-underway/#null
https://www.rbth.com/blogs/2014/05/12/the_men_who_starved_to_death_to_save_the_worlds_seeds_35135
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/08/the-scientists-who-starved-to-death.html
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